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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Ondo State House of Assembly Elects First Female Speaker

Members of the Ondo State House of Assembly this morning May 27th
elected Ms
Jumoke Akindele representing Okitikpukpa constituency II as the new
speaker of the State Assembly. Pulling 13 votes, Ms Akindele who is a
trained lawyer emerged speaker after the election. She was Chairman,
House Committee on Education in the house before her recent
election.

The former speaker, Mr Samuel Adeshina
Ajayi lost his battle to cancer in Feb 25th 2014 making the seat vacant
for new leadership.